AJ Epenesa stats

Eagles

Defensive End · #57

Age 28 · 6' 6" · 280 lbs

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AJ Epenesa recorded 7 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 7 games of 2026 for the Philadelphia Eagles. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
7
TOT
7
SOLO
3
AST
4
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
1
FF
0

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2020BUF14141131.0010
2021BUF1414861.5010
2022BUF15161336.5052
2023BUF15209116.5281
2024BUF173923166.0022
2025BUF163217152.5240
2026PHI77340.0010

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
98
TOT
142
SOLO
84
AST
58
SACK
24.0
INT
4
PD
22
FF
5

Career Postseason

GP
14
TOT
17
SOLO
10
AST
7
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
5
FF
0

Per game

GP
7
TOT
1
SOLO
0.4
AST
0.6
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0.1
FF
0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2020BUF141.00.80.20.10.00.10.0
2021BUF141.00.60.40.10.00.10.0
2022BUF151.10.90.20.40.00.30.1
2023BUF151.30.60.70.40.10.50.1
2024BUF172.31.40.90.40.00.10.1
2025BUF162.01.10.90.20.10.30.0
2026PHI71.00.40.60.00.00.10.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
98
TOT
1.4
SOLO
0.9
AST
0.6
SACK
0.2
INT
0.0
PD
0.2
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
28 yearsSep 15, 1998
Height
6' 6"
Weight
280 lbs
Experience
7 yearsDebut 2020
Birthplace
Glen Carbon, IL
Draft
2020Rd 2, Pk 54
College
Iowa
Salary
$1.4 million2026

Against other defensive ends

2026 regular season, 82 NFL defensive ends with 6+ games.

  • Tackles7

    Higher than 7% of the other 81 NFL defensive ends.

  • Passes Defended1

    Higher than 58% of the other 81 NFL defensive ends.

  • Solo Tackles3

    Higher than 6% of the other 81 NFL defensive ends.

Latest performance

AJ Epenesa

Nov 08 · vs NYG · L 19-11

TOT
0
SOLO
0
AST
0
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

20% of his club's defensive snaps a game (67 in 5 games); 0% in week 9.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1WSH1217%6
2TEN815%5
4LAR34%6
5JAX1521%18
7DAL2943%1
8WSH00%2
9NYG00%6

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

AJ Epenesa has been on the NFL’s game-status report 1 week since 2026.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202601Back

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2020 NFL combine

DL, 6'5", 275 lb · Iowa

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash5.04s31st
Vertical jump32.5"59th
Broad jump9' 9"73rd
Bench press (225 lb)17 reps3rd
3-cone drill7.34s64th
20-yard shuttle4.46s59th

Percentile: the share of DLs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2020 combine

Games

All games

Next

vs PITSun, Nov 22

vs PIT since 2020

5
GP
2
TOT
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 08vsNYGL 19-110000
Sun, Nov 01atWSHL 27-100000
Mon, Oct 26vsDALL 38-213100
Sun, Oct 11atJAXL 19-171100
Sun, Oct 04vsLARL 24-201000
Sun, Sep 20atTENW 24-200000

What are AJ Epenesa's career stats?

AJ Epenesa has played 7 seasons for the Bills and the Eagles. He has recorded 142 tackles, 24 sacks and 4 interceptions. His best season so far is 2024: 39 tackles and 6.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 5 vs NYJ on Dec 11, 2022, W 20-12
  • Sacks: 2 vs JAX on Oct 8, 2023, L 25-20
AJ Epenesa's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
20262—
202541.0
202442.0
202342.0
202251.5
202131.0
202031.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2020.

AJ Epenesa college stats

AJ Epenesa played 3 seasons at Iowa Hawkeyes (2017 to 2019): 101 tackles, 26.5 sacks and 0 interceptions.

receiving

AJ Epenesa's college receiving by season
SeasonSchoolRECREC: Passes caught.YDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVGAVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2017Iowa Hawkeyes11515015

defensive

AJ Epenesa's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2017Iowa Hawkeyes158714.50000
2018Iowa Hawkeyes372116410.54000
2019Iowa Hawkeyes493217311.54000

scoring

AJ Epenesa's college scoring by season
SeasonSchoolPASSRUSHRECREC: Passes caught.RETTDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PATFGPTSPTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
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returning

AJ Epenesa's college returning by season
SeasonSchoolATTYDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.FCLNGATTYDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2018Iowa Hawkeyes000000000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: AJ Epenesa's college game log.

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Playoff games

AJ Epenesa played 14 games across 6 NFL postseasons — 8 won, 6 lost.

AJ Epenesa's line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2025JAXW 27-2410.00
2025DENL 33-30 OT10.00
2024DENW 31-710.00
2024BALW 27-2560.00
2024KCL 32-2910.00
2023PITW 31-1700.00
2023KCL 27-2410.00
2022MIAW 34-3100.00
2022CINL 27-1010.00
2021NEW 47-1700.00
2021KCL 42-36 OT20.00
2020INDW 27-2410.00
2020BALW 17-310.00
2020KCL 38-2410.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.